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On a visit to Totma, Public Affairs Officer of US Consulate General in St. Petersburg Suzanne Bodoin attended Ivan Kuskov Memorial Flat.
On a visit to Vologda, Public Affairs Officer of US Consulate General in St. Petersburg Suzanne Bodoin attended the Vologda State Museum-Preserve, the Vologda Lace Museum and the Museum of Architecture and Ethnography in Semenkovo.
Martin Fourcade of France won biathlon World Cup 20K event. Simon Eder from Austria was second and Anton Shipulin from Russia took the third place.
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Governor Mr.Kuvshinnikov met with head of the District of Chagoda.
The meeting was held as part of a series of meetings of top leadership of the Vologda Oblast Government with heads of municipalities.
Vologda took the 19th place in the voting phase of the project “City of Russia. National Choice” that concluded on December 30.
In 2016 the honour to become New Year’s Capital of Russia’s North fell upon Vologda again. The New Year was celebrated in a special way, because every Russian city has its own traditions of celebrating. Vologda’s authorities planned a number of major festive actions and events not only in Vologda, but also in Veliky Ustyug, the hometown of Ded Moroz, Russia’s equivalent of Santa Claus.
This time of year is traditionally a moment for reflection on the events of the past as well as a chance to look forward beyond the festivities of the New Year celebrations.
In the run-up to the New Year, Ded Moroz, Russia’s equivalent of Santa Claus travelled across Russian cities and also visited Finland, Latvia, Slovakia and Greece.
The monument to World-War II era Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, who contributed significantly to the Czech capital's liberation from Nazi troops in May 1945 was erected in Prague in 1980.
A project called New Year Capital was launched in Russia three years ago. It was initiated by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in 2013. Kazan was chosen as the first such capital. Every year a board of experts will select such capital, where the New Year will be celebrated in a special way, because every Russian city has its own traditions of celebrating. The All-Russian project “New Year Capital of Russia” is designed to stimulate the development of domestic tourism.